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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1041 AM CDT WED JUL 29 2015
TO: SUBSCRIBERS:
- FAMILY OF SERVICES
- NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICES
- NOAA PORT
EMERGENCY MANAGERS
BROADCAST AND PRINT MEDIA
OTHER NWS PARTNERS
FROM: MICHAEL MORITZ
WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) HASTINGS NE
SUBJECT: DISCONTINUANCE OF THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX (RFD)
EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 AT MIDNIGHT CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME (CDT)
OR 0500 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME (UTC)...THE NWS IN HASTINGS
WILL NO LONGER ISSUE THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX (RFD)
PRODUCT. THE RFD IS NORMALLY ISSUED BETWEEN 4:00 AM AND 6:00 AM
EACH MORNING. THE FINAL RFD WILL BE ISSUED EARLY IN THE MORNING OF
AUGUST 31.
THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE RFD IS AVAILABLE IN A VARIETY OF
OTHER MORE SITE-SPECIFIC FIRE WEATHER RELATED PRODUCTS, SUCH AS THE
FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST (FWF)...WHICH PROVIDES COUNTY
SPECIFIC...FIRE WEATHER RELATED FORECAST INFORMATION. FIRE
WEATHER RELATED INFORMATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE NWS HASTINGS
FIRE WEATHER WEBPAGE AND VIA THE HOURLY WEATHER GRAPH...WHICH
PROVIDES AN HOURLY DEPICTION OF FORECAST WEATHER ELEMENTS FOR A
LOCATION OF THE USERS CHOICE. ALL OF THE THIS INFORMATION CAN BE
FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS.
IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...INFORMATION SIMILAR TO THAT FOUND IN
THE RFD CAN BE OBTAINED ON THE NEBRASKA FOREST SERVICE WEBSITE AT
WWW.NFS.UNL.EDU. ONCE ON THIS PAGE...PULL IT DOWN A BIT AND YOU
WILL SEE THE NEBRASKA FIRE DANGER MAP. CLICK ON THE LINK NEXT TO THE
MAP AND A COUNTY-BASED...GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF NEBRASKA
FIRE DANGER WILL BE PRESENTED. THE MAP INCORPORATES NWS FORECAST
ELEMENTS AND IS UPDATED DAILY. AT THIS TIME...A SIMILAR MAP OF
FIRE DANGER IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE STATE OF KANSAS.
FOR MORE INFORMATION...PLEASE CONTACT:
MIKE MORITZ
WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST
6365 OSBORNE DRIVE WEST
HASTINGS NE 68901
EMAIL: MICHAEL.MORITZ@NOAA.GOV
PHONE: 402.462.2127 EXT 726
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